Psalms 88:6
free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cast off from thy hand.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
In Context
5I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,
7They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell: and shall devour the earth with her increase, and shall burn the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 69:15Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Psalms 130:1Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
Lamentations 3:55Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.
John 12:46I am come a light into the world; that whosoever believeth in me, may not remain in darkness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:2-10
Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God. 1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in… Read the whole commentary →